Kurdistan Commission: We received requests not to use smart funds in the provincial parliament elections

The Electoral Commission and the referendum in the Kurdistan region, on Tuesday, received requests not to use smart funds in the elections of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament scheduled for next September, indicating that it is studying with specialists and concerned parties to reach a final decision on it.

The UNHCR spokesman Sherwan Zarar told a news conference attended by Alsumaria News, “The Electoral Commission for the Kurdistan region began to take practical steps in preparation for the elections of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament on 30 September 2018,” noting that “the Commission began to check the records of voters since the month of December Second past “.

Zarari added that “a number of members of the Commission and five political parties called for reconsidering the use of smart funds in the elections of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament on the background of criticisms and objections of political parties and citizens on the use of these organs in the recent Iraqi elections,” continuing that “the Commission is currently studying with specialists and authorities Concerned to reach a final decision on that.”

It is noteworthy that the Kurdistan Regional Government President Nechirvan Barzani set on September 30 next date for the elections of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament.